"Meant to say annualized production rate at end of 2019 probably around 500k, ie 10k cars/week. Deliveries for year still estimated to be about 400k."

On Monday, the SEC asked a federal judge to hold Musk in contempt for violating a settlement deal from last year. That deal required Musk seek approval from a board committee prior to sharing any social media post that contained information that was "material" to shareholders.

"Although Musk corrected his mistake, regulators scolded Tesla's billionaire CEO because he 'once again published inaccurate and material information about Tesla to his over 24 million Twitter followers,'" CNN reported yesterday.

"While the impulse may be to say that this is unfair, one of the lessons I've learned over time is that change comes from self-reflection. So it's worth examining how we got here. The truth is that there is a high cost to a bad reputation. Irrespective of whether we did everything that is being said about us in London today (and to be clear, I don't think we did), it really matters what people think of us, especially in a global business like ours, where actions in one part of the world can have serious consequences in another."

Now, Uber's far from perfect. As a company, executives and employees are still finding their way. But the London situation is a perfect example of how attempting to follow emotionally intelligent principles of conflict resolution and relationship building are helping Uber to thrive where it once faltered.

And here is where Musk and Tesla could take a major step forward.

The SEC isn't going anywhere. Stop viewing it as the big, bad wolf who is out to get you.

Instead, take a page out of Uber's new playbook:

Take some time for self-reflection.

Look for ways to work with regulatorsto advance a mission that a lot of people are eager to get behind: a world with cleaner automobiles.